Apparatus for removing manure from stables



APPARATUS F ORREMOVIN G MANURE FROM STABLES Filed May 21. 1921 f Y Q 6 I5. Inventor I I Afi'or eys Patented June 24, 1924. a i

ALBERT C. GRQELER, F LEBANON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR O'F ONE-HALF TO OTTOF.

GOETSCH, OF HUSTISFORD, WISCONSIN.

APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MANURE FROM STABLES.

Application filed. May 21, 1921. fierial No. 471,480.

T 0 all whom it may concern: Fig. 3 is a plan view of a fragmentary 5 Beit known that I, ALBERT C. GBOELER, portionof the conveyer; anda citizenof the UnitedStates, and resident Fig. 4 is a sectional view, on anenlarged of the town of Lebanon, in the county of scale, taken on theline 4-4 of Fig. 1.

5 Dodge and State of lVisconsin, and whose Like characters of referencedesignate like post-office address is Oconomowoc, Wisconparts in the.several views. no sin, R. R. 3, have invented new and useful Inequipping a stable with apparatus em- Improvements inApp-aratus forRemoving bodying this invention, a trough 5 is pro- Manure from Stables,of which the followvided in the floor 6 of the stable which '0 ing is adescription, reference being had to trough extends transversely withrespect to the accompanying drawings, which are a stalls 7, the outerend of said trough eX- part of this specification. tending to theoutside of the stable through This invention relates to improvements inan opening 8 formed in the wall 9 of the apparatus for removing manurefrom stable.

stables. An endless conveyer 10 is provided for The primary object ofthe invention is to carrying the manure out of the stable which 70provide apparatus for this purpose of simis preferably arranged so as todump the ple and strong construction which may be manure into a wagon,or the like (not operated continuously or whenever desired shown). Tothis end a portion of the conto carry the manure out of the stablet-hereveyer operates inside the stable in the i by maintaining thestable in a clean and trough running over sprocket wheels 11 75 sanitarycondition with a minimum of mounted on a transverse shaft 12 journaledlabor. in the inner end of the trough and another A further object ofthe invention is to portion thereof operates outside the stable providean endless conveyer for the purat an incline running over sprocketwheels pose mentioned, a portion of which operates 13 mounted on atransverse shaft 14 support- 80 in a trough provided in the floor of theed at the top of the incline in any desired stable and another portionof which opermanner, see Fig. 2. The two end portions ates outside thestable at an incline whereby of the conveyer are caused to travel at anthe manure carried out of the stable will be angle to each other by aguide member 15 carried up the incline and then dumped into mounted inthe wall 9 and adapted to bear s5 a suitable receptacle, for example, awagon. upon the upper portion of the conveyer and A further object ofthe invention is to sprocket wheels 16 and 17 mounted on shafts providea partition member between the up 18 and 19, respectively, the shaft 19being per and lower portions of the conveyer connected to a source ofpower, for example,

which is substantially coextensive with and an electric motor (notshown). The con- 90 parallel to said portions of the conveyer veyercomprises two endless chains 20 which thus supporting the upper or loadcarrying are adapted to travel over the various portion of the conveyerand preventing the sprocket wheels, the chains having a plumanure frompassing through onto the rality of cross bars 21 secured thereto inlower portion thereof. any desired manner. Slack or looseness in 95 Theinvention consists in the novel conthe conveyer may be taken up by atightenstructions and arrangements to be herein ing device 22 of wellknown construction after described and claimed for carrying outassociated with the shaft 12.

the above stated objects and such other ob- In order to support theupper portion of jects as will appear from the following dethe conveyerunder a load or in case a cow 10o scription of a certain preferredembodiment should step on it, a partition member 23 is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, provided, said member being positionedbewherein tween the upper and lower portions of the n Fig. 1 is a planview of a fragmentary conveyer, substantially coextensive and portion ofa stable equipped with apparatus parallel therewith. The member 23 asthus embodying the principles of the invention; arranged covers thelower portion of the Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the conveyerand prevents the manure from getline 22 of Fig. 1; ting onto the insidethereof.

The manure is either dropped into the trough onto the conveyor or may bebrushed thereinto. The conveyor may be operated slowly and continuouslyor when ever desired. By the use of the apparatus described the stablemay be kept clean and sanitary with a minimum of labor.

I claim:

An apparatus of the class described comprising a trough provided in thefloor of a stable one end of. which is open, said tron h extendingthrough the outside Wall stable; a transverse shaft journalled l centthe open end of the trough; a secl. 4 iasverse shaft iournalled in theother e" the trough; a third transverse shait j i n led outside thestable in a plane other shafts; sprocket said shafts; an endless abovethat of the 'WllcGl'S on each of from said p'rtition; and stationarymeans mounted in the opening in said waii for iuaintz'iining the upperportion of said coni'cyer in operative relation to the upper surfaces ofsaid partition.

In testin'iony \vhe'mot l my sigma ture.

ALBERT C. GROEEFIR.

